According to a New York Post report and videos circulated on social media, a group or pro-Palestinian protesters have stormed Trump Tower in NYC to demand the release of Columbia student and protest ringleader Mahmoud Khalil.
Videos show a crowd of at least 100 from the pro-Palestine group Jewish Voice for Peace, wearing red shirts with the message “Jews Say Stop Arming Israel,” gathered outside the Trump Grill restaurant.
Footage captures NYPD officers arriving around 12:30 p.m., leading several protesters away in zip-tie cuffs. NYPD spokespeople did not immediately confirm any arrests, but the area was largely cleared by shortly before 1 p.m.
The group waved signs demanding, “Fight Nazis not students,” “No Muslim Ban Ever,” and “Jews for Palestinian Freedom.”
“Protesters have OCCUPIED Trump TOWER in NYC chanting “Free Mahmoud, Free them All!” I know the owner of that building and he will definitely be pressing charges. FAFO,” Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene posted on X.
Watch the clips below:
Protesters have OCCUPIED Trump TOWER in NYC chanting "Free Mahmoud, Free them All!"
I know the owner of that building and he will definitely be pressing charges.
FAFO.
— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) March 13, 2025
More clips below:
🚨 A mob of Hamas-supporting extremists has forcefully seized Trump Tower in NYC, loudly demanding the release of Mahmoud Khalil immediately.
Not a single one acknowledged the American hostages.
(Trump plans to enact the Alien Enemies Act of 1798)
— 🌸 Digi Gal (@DigitalGal_) March 13, 2025
“We are saying if you come for one of us, you face us all,” one protester said on the group’s live X feed.
“As Jews, we refuse to be the scapegoats of fascism,” she added. “We aren’t leaving and we call on all people of consciousness to join us and refuse to comply with Trump’s regime’s attacks.”
Khalil was arrested Saturday in the Big Apple by federal immigration agents.
This story is developing…
[h/t NY Post]
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